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Title Name that Film
Setter The Ace of Hearts
Series Magpie
Number Issue 190, no. 5
Date Oct 2018
Musically, August’s Grouping Provided Intense Exercise
[Reference to all except the mathematical puzzle in Issue 188 being musically-related]
DifficultyB
Grid 12×12 barred grid with 180° symmetry.
Preamble Three clues are normal, but their answers must be Playfair encoded before entry. From the answer to every other clue, a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry. Definitions refer to the full unmutilated answer, wordplay and numbers in brackets to the grid entry. In clue order, the omitted letters give the names of three stars from a film, whose title (three words) is the Playfair keyword.
Solution NotesReveal Solution & Keywords
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